The Arab Spring opened a window of opportunity for activists seeking to modernize Saudi Arabia. The rise of Islamic State has slammed it shut again, leaving little expectation of progress under a new monarch.

These two Etna High School students, Trey Bradford and Cecyl Stout, will be competing with three or four other Siskiyou County students at the county level in the Poetry Out Loud competition this Friday at St. Mark's Preservation Hall in Yreka...

Eighty-one-year-old Montague resident Darryl Tuggle, passed away peacefully from a sudden illness on the morning of Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, with his loving wife of 59 1/2 years, Andree Tuggle, at his side.